LIDAR & SODAR CALIBRATION

Natural Power possess unparalleled experience with the use of remote sensing for wind energy applications. We pioneered the use of lidar in the wind industry with our fully validated and financeable ZephIR technology. We provide qualified expert advice on the use of lidar in wind data collection, and advise on best-practice in campaign design, deployment and data collection.

Natural Power owns and operates the UK’s first dedicated Lidar & Sodar test site. A 90 meter met mast enables correlation reports to be made against ground based devices to provide traceability back to traditional anemometry. The site is open to all remote sensing manufacturers, developers, consultancies, research organisations and turbine manufacturers alike. Using Lidars & Sodars with an agreed traceable validation methodology is not only advantageous to the development of the technologies, but the ‘good practice’ proves beneficial to wind farm developers. 

Natural Power’s Test Site comprises a meteorological mast equipped with state of the art instrumentation mounted across a total of seven heights, including calibrated Risø cups and Vector 100L cups based at 20m, 45m, 70m and 90m; a pressure sensor logger at 6m and a temperature sensor mounted at 80m.